Numb in India, part 7: Land of gloop - by Sam Kriss
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Why is India so poor? Why is India so lame?
Somehow, Numb at the Lodge is still on holiday. Paid subscribers can join us in a brain-melting tourist odyssey across the past and future of Indias real and imagined. The really good stuff is behind the paywall: this time, it’s about holy poverty and why the West is actually much more conformist than India. If you want to come along, all you have to do is click the button below: Today I’m writing from a beach in Kerala. It’s beautiful out, and I’m writing this in my swimming trunks while sipping a non-alcoholic mojito that includes, for some reason, little specks of sushi ginger floating…
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